December 19, 2011 – Psalms 68

Here we have a Psalm that talks about bringing Israel out of Egypt and Sinai into the Holy Land. This correlates with the Gospels in that Christ has brought us out of the slavery of sin with the Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven. It also fits in well with the fact that we just finished the books of Moses and will be digging into Joshua soon. This is the actual entry into the Holy Land. There is the imagery of God leaving Sinai to enter the Temple, of stepping on the heads of enemies, of the defeat of sinners (washing boots in their blood). Christ will go to a mountain (Sinai) and enter the Temple (Heaven), defeat enemies of sin and death. We see singers and harpist leading the way. There is just a lot of images that can remind us of Christ being taken up into Heaven, the celebration that would ensue there.